The Ph.D. Program in History

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10/27- Kim van Alkemade on her Novel “Counting Lost Stars”

Best-selling author Kim van Alkemade talks about her research on the Jewish experience in the Netherlands and the Nazi use of punch-card computers to prepare the Final Solution, themes in her new novel Counting Lost Stars (2023, William Morrow).

October 27th 2023 at 10:30 AM

The Segal Theatre 

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Kim van Alkemade is the New York Times bestselling author of the historical novels Orphan #8 and Bachelor Girl. Born in Manhattan, she grew up in New Jersey and went to college in Wisconsin, where she earned a Ph.D. in English. For many years, she was a professor at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania. Now a full-time writer, she resides in Saratoga Springs, New York, with her partner, their two rescue dogs, and three feisty backyard chickens.

Sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies